Adam Thede
Product Architect & Developer at Independent
Placentia, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Thede is a Senior Technical Product Manager specializing in display advertising and web platforms, with over a decade of product-focused experience and 20 years total working across web, SaaS, and frontend engineering roles. Based in Placentia, California, he blends hands-on engineering roots—from freelance web development to senior frontend work—with strategic product leadership at companies like Content.ad, CI Solutions, and currently System1. He has a track record of moving from implementation to product strategy, shepherding ad and content products from code to monetization while keeping UX and performance front of mind. With a BA in Psychology, he brings rare user-centered insight to technical decision-making and cross-functional collaboration. Despite a long career in product, he still leans on practical development experience to bridge gaps between engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.A Psychology, B.A Psychology at Ohio University
Github Skills (26)
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ruby-application8
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orm7
cli6
minimagick6
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tmux5
multiplexer5
vips5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
adamthede/nss-node-audio
Mar 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
adamthede/newnashville
Jun 2015 - May 2025
Contributions:3 pushes in 10 years 1 month
manifestonashville
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